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Saturday, June 7, 2014

Frozen Chalk Finger Painting

Chalk finger paints for kids? While it might conjure up
memories of your second grade teacher scraping it across the black board, the
colorful kinds have an awesome array of artsy uses. Your kids can dip them in
water (plain or mixed with sugar) to create vivid colors, they can mash it up
and mix it with vegetable oil to make finger paints, they can use it straight
out of the box to create graffiti-like sidewalk art or they can … freeze it.

“Freeze it?” you say. Yep, go ahead and freeze it.
Well, technically you don’t want to just throw random pieces of chalk into the
freezer. You can, but this is much more fun!

Here’s What You’ll Need:

·Colorful chalk

·A plastic bag

·An ice cube tray

·Paper

Here’s What to Do:

1.Crush
up the chalk. Starting with teeny tiny pieces that are already far along on
their way to becoming dust is the easiest way to go. If you don’t have
super-small chalk bits, break the whole sticks apart. Put them (one at a time
gives you a solid color, or you can add two to mix them) into a plastic bag,
tie it tightly and either hit it with a shoe or something hard, smack it off of
a hard surface or throw it on the concrete patio outside. As a bonus, this step
can help both you and your child (if you take turns) get out any frustrations
and release stress.

2.Sprinkle
the chalk into an ice cube tray. Use one color in each compartment or layer a
few different hues.

3.Add
water to the chalk and freeze.

4.Pop
the frozen cubes out. Take them outside on a sunny day or let the warmth of
your child’s hand warm them, and encourage her to paint on a piece of paper. As
the ice melts it will leave behind the chalky color.

5.Optional:
Try different types of paper such as water color paper or tissue.

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